Where: Japan (43.0° N, 144.1° E: paleocoordinates 43.1° N, 143.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Shiranuka Formation, Early/Lower Pliocene (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Shiranuka Fm of the Atsunai Gp, which overlies the Atsunai Fm of the Atsunai Gp (Middle Miocene) and is overlain by Pleistocene terraces. THICKNESS: >350 m thick. AGE: Early Pliocene on the basis of molluscan biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Composite checklist for formation.

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; poorly lithified sandstone and poorly lithified siltstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: COLLECTOR: Presumably Y. Honda (c. 1984) and Suni and Yamaguchi (c. 1969). REPOSITORY: Uknown repository.

Primary reference: Y. Honda. 1989. Paleogene molluscan faunas from the Kushiro Coal Field, Eastern Hokkaido. Tohoku University, Science Report, 2nd series 60(1):1-137 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 70598: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 29.03.2007

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